The "Other" Store

Do you shop at that "other" store in your community? Let me back and clarify a bit! In our community and surrounding area, there are a variety of grocery stores available to us including: Dominicks, Jewell-Osco, Wal-Mart Supercenter, Aldi, Target, Ultra and Schnucks. While I wish we had the ample budget to do all of my shopping at Schnucks (my personal favorite), I do almost all of my shopping at Aldi or Walmart. I save an incredible amount of money! What other stores are in your community you might have overlooked for great deals?

Afternoon snack

I use this with my toddler and preschooler alot!

Air pop or purchase LIGHT butter microwave popcorn

Grape Slices

Cup of water

Welcome Back!

I am happy to be returning after attending to a family crisis!  It's summer time and let's get rolling with some great recipes and money saving tips!  I have also just signed up for a twitter account http://twitter.com/NutritionCents and I'd love to get more feed back from you!  Feel free to send me recipes and tips to try out so we can all learn together!

Gone Again

Greetings all,

I will not be able to post any blog updates for the next week and a half!  I'll be back on April 13th with yummy new recipes!

NutritionCents

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp backing soda

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 stick (1/2 cup) softened butter

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, falt, and baking soda in a bowl and set aside.  Combine brown sugar, white sugar, butter and vanilla and beat until creamy.  Add eggs and beat.  Add dry ingredients and mix well.  Sitr in walnuts and chocolate chips.  Drop  mixture by very generous spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake 8-9 minutes (times may vary depending different ovens).  

Protein Sources

Here's some good sources of protein that are not the traditional meats:

Beans

Cheese

Nuts

Seads (sunflower, pumpkin, etc.)

Eggs

Yogurt

Milk

Tahini

Tofu

Oatmeal

Basic Stir Fry

Ingredients:

Chicken (or other meat), cut into bite size pieces

Bag of frozen, mixed vegetables

Oil

Seasonings

Rice

Brown Chicken in oil (I usually use Sesame), then add vegetables and seasonings, such as Soy Sauce (or other seasonings as desired).  Cook until vegetables are tender.  Serve over hot, cooked rice.  Round out meal with sliced fruit and milk.